Euro Finance Week program
The Euro Finance Week program brings together specialist conferences on banking, financial markets and the technologies used by financial institutions. The series takes place in Frankfurt and includes the opening conference, Green Finance Forum and EURO FINANCE Tech Day. These events give bank executives, investors and technology specialists different forums for discussing their fields.
The program connects bank strategy with topics such as sustainable finance, investment and digital infrastructure. Each conference has its own speakers and sessions, so participants can choose the subjects relevant to their work. The Frankfurt European Banking Congress completes the week with discussion among representatives of banks, central banks, business and politics.
16 November: opening conference and China Day
The opening conference at the Frankfurter Hof starts with Hesse's Minister President Boris Rhein and an opening address by ECB Vice-President Boris Vujčić, followed by a keynote from the chief executive of DZ BANK. Talks with the chief executives of BNP Paribas Germany, Helaba and Commerzbank cover banking strategy. A block of tech and innovation talks puts DKB next to OpenAI and gives slots to AWS and HSBC Germany.
The afternoon panel "Building Germany's Financial Future" brings ING Germany, former federal finance minister Christian Lindner and the Boerse Stuttgart Group together on capital markets and retirement savings. The chair of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority, Bruna Szego, reviews the first year of AMLA in Frankfurt. The European Banker of the Year award follows in the evening at the city hall, by invitation. The 12th China Day on the same day discusses China's "Agenda 2030" and its meaning for trade and investment with Germany.
The 29th Euro Finance Week takes place from 16 to 20 November 2026. The dfv Euro Finance Group organizes the series. The opening conference is held in German and English with simultaneous translation.
17 November: Green Finance Forum
The 12th Green Finance Forum is titled "Changing Perspectives: From Green to Blue Finance" and deals with financing water: water security, water as an asset and the infrastructure that utilities and cities have to pay for. Federal environment minister Carsten Schneider gives the welcome note, and the chief sustainability officers of BNP Paribas, KfW, Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank speak, along with the head of sustainability at DZ BANK. Two sessions touch technology: a deep dive on nature risk and AI-based resilience, and a panel with Capgemini, Bloomberg and AWS on the water and cooling needs of AI data centers.
18 November: EURO FINANCE Tech Day
The EURO FINANCE Tech Day runs under "From Artificial to Autonomous Finance". Deutsche Bundesbank board member Michael Theurer gives the opening keynote, followed by presentations from Aleph Alpha and IBM. The Future Talks ask whether autonomous finance makes the mainframe obsolete, with lemon.markets and dwpbank, how sovereign cloud works for banks, with AWS, and whether Europe is ready for agentic AI in banking, with LBBW.
Later sessions cover AI and financial stability with the Bundesbank and DZ BANK, cloud, data and quantum infrastructure with Schwarz Digits, Deutsche Börse and Terra Quantum, AI in payments with BNP Paribas and DZ BANK, and the return on AI with BayernLB and HSBC Germany. The day ends with a Frankfurt Main Finance reception and the Startup of the Year award of Frankfurt Forward.
19 November: HQ Trust Investors Forum
The HQ Trust Investors Forum is the asset management day: the organizer promises institutional investors a full day of independent capital market expertise across asset classes, held with HQ Trust and Universal Investment and with German-English interpreting. Former ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet and the economist Lars P. Feld are among the speakers. Asset management in Frankfurt describes the firms behind the audience.
20 November: Frankfurt European Banking Congress
The 36th Frankfurt European Banking Congress at the Alte Oper is titled "Europe in Action: Technology, Energy, Defence". ECB President Christine Lagarde gives the presidential address, and senior executives of Commerzbank, BNP Paribas, HSBC and Deutsche Bank discuss the banking perspective. The business panel includes the chief executive of IQM Quantum Computers and the CFO of Siemens Energy. Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and federal finance minister Lars Klingbeil speak in the afternoon. The congress admits guests by invitation only.
Upcoming finance and tech events in Frankfurt
Where is the full Euro Finance Week program?
The full program is available on the event pages of the dfv Euro Finance Group: one page per conference day, the Tech Day and the Green Finance Forum with a program PDF, and the banking congress on frankfurt-ebc.com.
Which day of the Euro Finance Week covers AI and fintech?
AI and fintech are covered on Wednesday, 18 November, at the EURO FINANCE Tech Day. The opening conference on Monday has tech talks with OpenAI and AWS as well.
Is the digital euro on the 2026 program?
No session title names it in the programs published so far. Finance Loop covers it on the digital euro in Germany.
Euro Finance Week program and Finance Loop
Finance Loop is the meeting place in Frankfurt for the topics of the Tech Day after the week is over: AI in banking, payments, cloud and digital assets, with meetups and panels in its event calendar.
Finance Loop members join its events through a membership. Partners can reach the same people by sponsoring a meetup, by hosting an event or through the partner program.
Finance Loop is a professional network supporting the institutional use of emerging technologies in finance, such as AI, digital payments, cloud and blockchain solutions. Finance Loop helps its members build skills and personal networks in these fields: Investment & Digital Assets, Payments & Digital Money, Digital Infrastructure & Sovereignty, and Risk & Compliance.